diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 83012c839..72e38d176 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -634,12 +634,12 @@ jobs:
   benchmarks:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     needs: [format-taginfo-docs]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      CCOMPILER: gcc-14 #clang-13
-      CXXCOMPILER: g++-14 #clang++-13
-      CC: gcc-14 #clang-13
-      CXX: g++-14 #clang++-13
+      CCOMPILER: gcc-12 #clang-13
+      CXXCOMPILER: g++-12 #clang++-13
+      CC: gcc-12 #clang-13
+      CXX: g++-12 #clang++-13
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
       GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ jobs:
           path: pr
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: | 
-          python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" "requests==2.31.0" "numpy==1.26.4" --break-system-packages
+          python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" "requests==2.31.0" "numpy==1.26.4" #--break-system-packages
           sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install ccache
       - name: Prepare data
         run: |